A proposed 22-mile natural gas pipeline, which would be built through a forest area, would power the BL England generating station on the Egg Harbor River in Cape May County.

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Kirk Moore | @KirkMooreAPP

Amid mounting political pressure on the state Pinelands Commission, the parent of South Jersey Gas told investors it expects to win a reversal of the commission's refusal to permit a 22-mile natural gas line that would repower the BL England coal power station in upper Cape May County.

As Pinelands commissioners got their first briefing Friday on a court action by South Jersey Gas, the chairman of its parent company, South Jersey Industries Edward J. Graham, said in a conference call for investors about his first quarter 2014 results that he is "incredibly optimistic" that the gas line will ...